What is the color of your memories right now? Imagine typing on a black page on the screen, starting from the sea´s abyss that is not nothing. The page could have been white and empty but nothing whatsoever can be empty or universal (all-embracing) as we pass from one era to another, as we trace one history after the other. My page is dark blue, as transparent as the Aegean waters, as dark as the oceanic waves.

Poetry-making is a tool for weaving our memories, feelings and ideas, and a form for articulating our dreams, desires and (collective) stories. Poetry and experimental writing are also forms of storytelling that can be used within art educational contexts.

The seminar is inspired by Audre Lorde´s viewpoint: rather than being a luxury, poetry is “a vital necessity” that gives life and voice to what is unnamed and as yet unthought, and thus overcomes the forces in society that silence (black) women’s experiences. Poetry is a tool for contaminating the dominant language(s) and a path for anticipating our dreams and desires. We will practice poetry as a way for telling im/possible stories, weaving memories and relating to each other.

No poetry or linguistic background is needed – we* do trust the interconnections between our earthly surroundings and polyphonic histories, and the relations to human and non-human friends, our beloved ones, the places in which life, work, movement, struggles etc. happens.

 

DATES SoSe2026

7.05. 14-16h //  VZA7, Raum 305, 3rd floor

13.05. + 21.05., 14-19h //  VZA7, Raum 306, 3rd floor

11.06. + 12.06., 14-19h // (outdoors, ZFF Garten) 

26.06. 14-18h

 

Languages: English and German

Spaces: indoors + outdoors

writing practice and presentation, 80% Attendance